PREP BOYS SOCCER: Lakeside upended in overtime in state tournament

Ruiz said he wasn't even looking for a shot, just trying to create an opening to maybe get a pass to one of his teammates.

"My thought was to get across and take the first defender and see if I could get someone open, but when I got around the first two I decided to try and walk it in. I didn't even get a good shot off, but it went slow and just rolled past (Gonzalez)."

Lakeside scored first with just over 21 minutes left in the first half when Cris Rodriguez centered a pass to Jesus Herrera, who tipped a pass across to Oscar Gonzalez who fired a shot into the back of the net.

After two goals by Santa Ana, Lakeside had numerous scoring opportunities late in the first and through most of the second half but couldn't finish with the ball in the net.

"We had a lot of opportunities, but we just couldn't get some good shots on their goal," Gilliland said. "We controlled the ball and moved it well, but I think it was because we tried to do too much."

Gilliland said he told his team coming in that they had nothing to lose as some of his players asked if the state tournament meant anything after their section title.

"I told them that we came in here with nothing to lose because this program had never been this far. It (the state tournament) is different because winning a CIF section title means everything and the way we lost this, it's just strange. We will look at the tape and see what happened, but this team accomplished so much.